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Anthropology & Sociology
  • Interviewing with Jack M., a porter while Studs was in England

    1968
  • David Attenborough

    David Attenborough discusses the book and television documentary "Life On Earth"

    Oct. 29, 1981

    Discussing his book and upcoming television series "Life on Earth," with the writer and narrator, David Attenborough.

  • Oliver Sacks

    Oliver W. Sacks talks with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 15, 1995

    Discussing the book "An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales" (published by Knopf) with the author, neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks.

  • Carl Sagan

    Discussing the book "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are"

    Oct. 5, 1992

    Discussing the book "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are" about the evolution and the future of the human species. Includes an excerpt of the astronomer Harlow Shapley speaking at the beginning. Includes Carl Sagan reading an excerpt from the book at the end.

  • Richard Hoggart

    Interviewing Richard Hoggart

    1968

    Interviewing Richard Hoggart : Studs in England.

  • R. Buckminster Fuller

    R. Buckminster (Richard ) Fuller talks with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 20, 1965

    A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.

  • Stan Steiner

    Stan Steiner talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    1967

    Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.

  • Stan Steiner

    Stan Steiner talks with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    1967

    Discussing the book "The New Indians" and interviewing the author Stan Steiner.

  • Hans W. Mattick and Father Robert Taylor talk about the scandal at Cook County Jail

    1968

    Discussing "The Jail" and interviewing Hans W. Mattick and Father Robert Taylor.

  • Anne Guerrero discussing event in her life ; part 2

    1968

    Anne Guerrero discusses the impact her divorce has had on her younger children. She also discusses her own career and her future plans as well as her connection to the Roman Catholic Church. This recording ends abruptly and is part 2 of 3.

  • Nelson Algren, Nathan Kantrowitz, and David Maurer

    Nelson Algren, Nathan Kantrowitz, and David Maurer discuss language and characteristics of the criminal underworld

    Jan. 29, 1967

    Nelson Algren, Nathan Kantrowitz, and David Maurer discuss language and criminal subculture, including the development of institutional slang at different prisons, the nature of drug addiction and its influence on criminal language and vocabulary, and the myth of the criminal mind. Includes an Interview with an inmate at a Chicago prison.

  • Margaret Mead

    Margaret Mead discusses different cultures, anthropology, and society

    1965

    Margaret Mead discusses different cultures, anthropology, and society. Margaret Mead discusses topics such as immigrants, American society, poverty, and population explosion.

  • Arthur Miller & John O'Brien

    Arthur Miller and John O'Brien discuss privacy and surveillance

    1970

    Arthur Miller, author of "Assault on Privacy: Computers, Data Banks, and Dossiers," and John O'Brien discuss issues relating to technological privacy and surveillance.

  • Sally Trench discusses her book “Bury Me in My Boots” ; part 1

    1968

    Humanitarian and author Sally Trench discusses her book “Bury Me in My Boots,” her work with the homeless communities in England, her journeys, and her belief in self-help with Studs Terkel. Terkel reads an excerpt from Trench’s book “Bury Me in My Boots.”

  • Gordon Zahn talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    Jan. 15, 1965

    Discussing the book "Solitary Witness" and interviewing the author Gordon Zahn. This interview is done in two parts.

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